Can we prevent cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals?

Can we prevent cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals?

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Europe. Prevention relies on measuring traditional risk factors such as age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and smoking. However, many individuals, apparently at low-risk, still develop CVD. Improving predictions beyond the traditional risk factors is the challenge undertaken by Prof. Olle Melander with his EU funded research project - CARDIOPREVENT.
Date: 
24/08/2016 - 16:46

According to recent investigations, some genetic variations are strongly linked to CVD but the mechanisms leading to the development of such conditions are largely unknown. This ERC Starting Grant project focuses on a cohort of 60 000 unique individuals to identify these mechanisms and has already shown some promising results.

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CARDIOPREVENT
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CORDIS
Project: 
INTEGRATION OF GENOMICS AND CARDIOMETABOLIC PLASMA BIOMARKERS FOR IMPROVED PREDICTION AND PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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